On the Money: John Bishop, Auckland Airport and a Turners AGM confrontation

On the Money: John Bishop, Auckland Airport and a Turners AGM confrontation
There was a bit of news on the aviation front this week, but some sad news about John Bishop's passing. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
On the Money is our weekly newsletter from the worlds of business and governmentFor Wellington political hangers-on of a certain age, the untimely death of TVNZ’s one-time political editor John Bishop was a reminder that none of us on our deathbeds will say we wished we’d spent more time in the office.Bishop died suddenly last week. His funeral at Old St Paul’s saw a full turnout from the current Cabinet and a few old faces from the early 1980s, Bishop’s heyday as a political journalist.Among them were Lange-era Cabinet...

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